Fundamental Differences of Opinion

Feb 01, 2007 15:36

I figured it was probably a mistake to go in the living room when my mom calls to my younger sisters, telling them that there's a show on about racism. My family and I have deep underlying differences about things like racism and discrimination and it's best to not even bring them up. But hearing them saying the things they were saying, agreeing ( Read more... )

racism, predjudice

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anthy_kitsune February 4 2007, 03:45:09 UTC
Well according to Jean-Paul Sartre (Who was talking about anti-Semites during the Nazi occupation of France, but it still holds rather true . . . ):

"There is fairly universal agreement that anti-Semites, like racialists in general, are people in quest of scapegoats. Those who attribute all their own misfortunes, as well as society's problems in general, to the Jews. They have neither the ability nor the will-power to find a rational solution, and enjoy being angry."

I think that sums it up pretty well.

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